Of course, any Clifford fan will be happy with this book, especially those toddlers. The story is nice, the translation into Spanish is good, and if you want your toddler to learn Spanish, this is a good little book to have in your library. However, I didn't like the illustrations. The cover depicts Clifford as we are used to seeing him, but the illustrations inside are of poorer quality, and seem to be early editions of what the characters look like now. Anyway, the toddler may not even notice, but I did.

It is a great book to introduce Spanish to your toddler.

cliford is a cool RED DOG!! Cliford is a book for all ages.

Tolstoy is one of the most famous names in Russian literature. Sadly, the sheer size of most of his celebrated works, i.e. War and Peace, tend to make many readers anxious. However, readers fail to realize that Tolstoy has quite a phenomenal collection of short fiction, such as this 178-page novella.

Tolstoy explores the dissatisfaction a young Russian aristocrat holds towards the emptiness of high-society, and his subsequent journey in search of meaning. The aristocrat finds himself as a young Russian army officer, serving at a remote Cossack outpost in the Caucasus. Here he finds that his wealth and breeding do not garner him respect. Instead he is looked upon as an outsider, and an unwelcome one at that.

Nevertheless, the aristocrat finds himself in love with a beautiful Cossack girl, who is promised to a Cossack warrior. Tolstoy discusses the emotions that rise between these three parties regarding love, class, and sacrifice.

Indeed, The Cossacks is great first exposure to Leo Tolstoy and his descriptive writing style is sure to lead the reader to explore more of his works.

Truly the best novella that I have ever read. The story of a young Russian aristocrat disillusionned with the life of a city gentleman who looks to the simpler life of a soldier in the Caucasus for his completion. An outstanding read.

Timeless. While the novella centers around a Russian Tribe known as the 'Cossacks', it also tells the story of a young nobleman disenchanted with the high society Moscow crowd who sets out to find himself and discover the joys of youth.

Tolstoy considered the stories in this volume to be "the best achievements of Christian literature" infused with "continuous joy." Most of these human-divine stories can fill a reader's soul with the beauty that saves the world. Only when Tolstoy lapses didactic does the book's transfiguring clarity flag. Ten of these sixteen stories were adapted from French, English, Persian, or other Russian tales. I think these re-interpretations are the book's strongest pieces. "Sisters," a Maupassant tale in which "sailors spend six months of their pay in four hours of debauchery" jolts its hero (and readers) into seeing how close "fallen women" may come to us. In Tolstoy's re-telling of Victor Hugo's "The Power of Childhood" a father's determination to shield his boy's innocence meets with a bloodthirsty mob's blind fury. "I cannot judge others," says a merchant in the book's opening story. "We should forgive other people and love them." This theme of forgiveness and humble love weaves throughout Divine and Human. Humble people can be very wise. Is suffering integral to joy?

For those who find Tolstoy's novels too long, or love them anyhow, this is a collection of tiny, perfect short stories written near the end of Tolstoy's life, and newly translated into English. Well-developed characters circle around ethical and spiritual knots which refuse pat endings. All is illuminated by Tolstoy's intense and gentle wisdom. Suitable for children or adults, these characters will stay with you for a long time.

I'll be brief: this is a wonderful book to buy for your child and for your own reading pleasure. These short little stories are so true to life, easy to read and so full of wisdom that they haunted me for a long time after I read them. They make you stop and think. They make you wonder. They make you ask yourself questions. The characters described and their problems are very easy to identify with and, more importantly, they help you draw a line between the temporal and ordinary and the eternal truth of life. Very good read.

In this West Indian version of Rumpelstiltskin, Queen Quashiba marries the rich and powerful Big King, but must produce three rooms full of gold cloth after a year and a day or be locked away forever and a year. How will she ever accomplish such a supernatural feat?

The book is richly illustrated with vibrant colors and the words are pleasing to read silently or aloud. Both Virginia Hamiltion and the Dillons prove to be masters of their respective crafts and together produce a winning combination in their version of this classic tale.

Crazy James

What a beautiful book! Beautiful language, beautiful pictures. Even my 3-year-old son, who usually just likes books about trucks, wanted me to read it over and over. I like it better than the German version (Rumplestilskin); Quashiba acts much more like a real person here.

Whatever Virginia Hamilton, Leo & Diane Dillon touch turn to gold! Hamilton's creative use of language and dialect give this retelling of the Rumplestiltskin story a sense of freshness and fun. The rich illustrations and the whimsical portrayal of the Lit'mahn character complement the text beautifully. As a read-aloud, the experience is delightful for both the reader and the audience.

«There is nothing so hurtful to Christian wisdom as that it should not be known.» - Pope Leo XIII, Encyclical Letter *Sapientiae Christianae* (1890)

I have a personal debt to Pope Leo XIII. In 1879, a year after his inauguration, he issued an encyclical- a circular letter in Latin addressed to all high Church officials- in which he urged his «Venerable Brethen, in all earnestness, to restore the golden wisdom of St. Thomas, and to spread it far and wide for the defence and beauty of the Catholic faith, for the good of society and for the advantage of all the sciences» (*Aeterni Patris*.) Out of this encyclical, and other efforts of the Pope such as the preparation of a new edition of the works of St. Thomas in the 1880s or the foundation in 1891 of the Institute of Philosophy of Louvain, came the great neoscholastic revival of the late 19th century, one of whose fruits was the publication of a book which finally convinced me of the existence of God.

*Aeterni Patris* is only one of the documents reproduced in this thick, 580-page volume, which offers a selection of Leo XIII's epoch-making encyclicals, as well as a few apostolic letters and personal letters, arranged chronologically.

According to the *Catholic Enclyclopedia*, the function of encyclicals is to «condemn some prevalent form of error, point out dangers which threaten faith or morals, exhort the faithful to constancy, or prescribe remedies for evils foreseen or already existent». Potential readers of this book should therefore be warned that encyclicals are not merely presentations of Church doctrine, but that they are also composed to a large extent of orders, exhortations, advice, prayers, congratulations, condemnations and other non-argumentative passages.

Among the most important encyclicals collected here are those dealing with the social doctrine of the Church, from the repeated, unequivocal condemnations of socialism, communism and anarchism, to a strong criticism of the separation of Church and state or a defense of the sanctity of Christian marriage against the encroachments of the state. Conservatives and classical liberals might wish to have the following words engraved in gold letters on their mantelpiece: «The first and most fundamental principle if one would undertake to alleviate the condition of the masses, must be the inviolability of private property» (*Rerum Novarum*, 1891.)

Of great relevance to modern discussions of «civil rights» is the Apostolic Constitution *Officiorum ac Munerum*, which briefly summarizes the history of Church control of the press and contains the text of the «General decrees concerning the prohibition and censorship of books», spelling out the general rules to be observed by Church officials and the faithful generally concerning various sorts of potentially dangerous publications. As for the principle behind these rules, it is best summarized by a short sentence in the Pope's 1908 *Review of his Pontificate* : «the rights of truth [...] are superior to the demands of liberty», an unpopular position in our relativistic age, which often explicitly rejects certainty for fear of its political consequences.

Other historical landmarks include an apostolic letter on the Anglican Orders (1896), which declared absolutely and for all eternity «that Ordinations carried out according to the Anglican rite have been and are absolutely null and utterly void»; and the Apostolic Letter Vigilantiae, which established the Biblical Commission, based on the principle that «God has not delivered the Scriptures to the private judgment of the learned, but has confided the interpretation of them to the teaching of the Church.»

*A Light in the Heavens* is a collection of documents that deserve to be read by all Catholics. Those documents, however, are widely available on the net, and apart from its rather cursory four-page preface and the fact that it is bound, the present book offers no single advantage over a homemade printout. There is no index, no introduction to the various documents (one of which is not even dated) and no elucidation of obscure references and technical terms (such as subreption and obreption.) It is also difficult to know just how complete the documents are. For instance, according to the *Catholic Encyclopedia*, one of the purposes of the encyclical *Au Milieu des Sollicitudes* was «to guard against the dangers of the new style of apologetics founded on Kantism and now known as Modernism .» However, the present text merely deals with relations between Church and state in France.

Readers interested in more systematic (and indexed) treatments of the social doctrine of the Church based on the teachings of Leo XIII might be directed to Rev. E. Cahill's *The Framework of a Christian State* and Rev. Denis Fahey's several volumes on the Mystical Body of Christ, both of which contain copious extracts from the encyclicals featured in the present volume.

Prophesied by St. Malachy as "A light in the heavens," he truly was, as these great Encyclicals more than prove. Sheds the light of Faith on virtually all major problems of the world--problems we still face. Written 100 years ago, they read like written today. Modern man founders in a sea of problems of his own making. Like a becan light, these great encyclicas show the solutions. All his famous letters: *Freemassonry *Angilican Ordes* Working Classes* Americanism, etc. We today witness the extremity of the errors Leo addressed. Says that the Catholic Faith is the answer. A book every adult Catholic should read.

Rerum Novarum has been revisited more than any other encyclical in the last century. It is arguably the most important encyclical in the modern era. Leo XIII's other encyclcals and writings are vital for serious research not only of the 18th century church, but of the development of doctrine in the 20th century as well. No other work has these documents together in one volume.

David Hilbert's "Grundlagen der Geometrie" is a work of great significance for anyone interested in mathematical foundationalism, the history of geometry, and intellectual history and philosophy in general. Sadly, however, the translation of this edition is extremely poor --- not simply akward, or rough, but careless to the point of making the text unreadable. If I did not have access to the German original, I would have long ago given up on making sense of the translation. In Theorem 7, for example, it speaks of "points which are not on the plane alpha." The German is extremely ambiguous, but mathematically it only makes sense if you interpret the sentence as referring to the "line a." On page 31, the translator commits the unpardonable error of mistaking "nun" (now) for "nur" (only). At the end of theorem 34, and entire equation was left out, and the meaning of the sentence completely bungled. Most extraordinary is Theorem 35, where what should be translated as "It follows from Theorem 22 that the sum of two angles of a triangle is less than two right angles" becomes "the sum of the angles of a triangle is less than two right triangles." In the very next sentence, "mithin" is interpreted as "hence," implying a direct logical entailment where there is none. It should have been rendered simply as "of course." Finally, in the next paragraph, it reads "where epsilon denotes any angles." The German has "irgendeinen Winkel" --- unambiguously singular.

Given the tremendous importance of Hilbert's Foundations, it is quite sad that there is not a quality translation available.

Euclid's initial work on Geometry held firm for two thousand years and then Hilbert wrote the "Foundations of Geometry." Hilbert's work is the cornerstone of modern geometry and its simple, elegant, rigor has had a profound impact in many other areas of modern science.

Compare Hilbert's use of definition and axiom to Euclid's. Euclid defines "point" as the cryptic "that which has no part" whereas Hilbert dives straight for gold and says "between any two points there is just one straight line." There are issues with this approach too and the fun value of this book is to grok it sufficiently that you come to know not only the geometry contained in it but also the reason why it is generally considered superior to Euclid's work and just what the issues in the respective formal systems are.

The translation from the original German is, I understand, poor.

Unlike other books of geometry , the author of this book constructed geometry in a axiomatic method . This is the feature which differ from other books of geometry and the way I like . Let's see how the author constructed axiomization geometry . Intuition and deduction are two powerful ways to knowledge . The axioms are the intuitive principles which are needless to be proved . The theorems are the demonstrated propositions which are deduced from axioms . Although axioms are intuitive , they may have the demonstrated propositions called theorems which contradict . If they do , the system of the axiomization geometry would break down . Because it has some false propositions if you think the contradictory ones as truth , and vice versa . There are all the discussions of the problems above in chapter 2 called consistency which is very important in an axiomatic system .

This is a good bathroom book... but I was looking for something else. This book is a collection of sayings that may be useful for someone looking for a quote for a speech... but is not something to sink your teeth into.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed some of the quotes, but I was looking for something more engaging.

A wonderful and refreshing view of business guidlines simply stated with the common sense thought process in place, and a bit of humor to boot. I have given many copies of this book to fellow associates and friends over the years. All have enjoyed the reading and many have profited by the experience. It is a book of knowledge and should be read over and over. As a nephew of Leo,I know this book represents his wisdom which he shared with the readers of his book.

This is a wonderful business book with a great deal of insight. I highly recommend reading it!

My kids really like this book. It is a nice interactive book. The only drawback I have is you have to duck the monsters head (your hand) everytime you turn the page. Not a big deal really though :)

My kids love a book that can read to them! The book directs questions to the reader which really encourages interaction. It's a bit annoying that the puppet has to hiccup through the story. But we liked it enough to order the bear book too.

When I opened this book in a school cafeteria, everyone in the room came to see and play with it! It was a smash hit, and I highly recommend it. I am a schoolteacher, and firmly believe in
getting kids to learn by doing, and Leo, the moveable puppet within the book, creates the perfect occasion. The subject matter is also handled extremely well--each page is envisioned from the puppet/child's point of view within the story, and the details are very astute concerning night-time anxieties. Bravo for Tim & Julie Weare!

We borrowed this book from the library, and I've read it to my son probably 6 times in the last 24 hours. The story and illustrations are clever and funny--I didn't even mind reading it twice in a row. I might actually have to buy us our own copy.

It's hard for kids not to be drawn to a book about an insect testing toys. The very idea of a cockroach testing airplanes is silly and whimsical. The story is fun and Leo is a likable character that the reader quickly begins to root for.

Leo is a hard worker who takes pride in his work, but feels under appreciated. The grass always seems greener on the other side, and his adventure teaches him that he actually had things pretty good.

The illustrations are interesting and the story flows well. Most young kids will find the story amusing and entertaining.

Leo Cockroach is the cutest bug to hit the pages of kid-lit: funny, clever, and self-reliant. When Leo gets tired of being swatted by Mildred Splatt, CEO of Whattatoy Toy Co., he decides to seek a better position with the company across the street -- Notsogooda Toys. Once there, however, he learns that the grass isn't always greener on the other side. He is a humble hero -- just wanting to do his job and do it well. The language is quite sophisticated, with wry humor and dry wit, but the story is not so complex that lower grades will not understand it. This is a delightful tale of discovering what you love best, and finding a way to achieve your dreams.

I was doing a report on pisces and it did not give me the information that I needed.

I thought that these books were simply the best, because they give an accurate description of each astrological sign and break away from the typical "Cancer does this, Leo does that" mold.. They make great gifts, and I give them as birthday presents every chance that I get!

"This book really made me realize that most of my life has been spent trying to perfect myself, but I haven't really gotten anywhere. I now know what I need to do to get myself on the right track to perfection!"